Grass Valley Audio Bridge Terminal 2014 - Manual (Page 21)

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Audio Bridge Terminal
Guide to Installation and Operation
• The Tone parameter activates or deactivates the EBU test tone applied simultaneously
to all channels. The odd channel will be a 1 kHz sine wave at -18 dBFS with a period of
silence lasting 250 ms every 3 seconds. The even channel will be a continuous 1 kHz
sine wave at -18 dBFS.
• The 0 dBFS level parameters are available for an ABT with analog inputs. They allow the
adjustment of the 0 dBFS level for each input. The number of inputs depends on the
model. In the case where all inputs must be set to the same level, click Yes beside Set all
levels using CH 1.
The changes take effect when you click Apply.
Finally, factory default values for all parameters on this page can be displayed by clicking
Factory Defaults.
The Audio level adjustments are not applicable to ABT models with digital inputs and do
not appear on the Web page.
Network Configuration Web Page
The Network Configuration page allows you to configure network parameters.
The MAC address is the unique hardware address attributed to each Audio Bridge Terminal
unit. Each unit has a different address, this being the only way to distinguish the units from
each other when connected to a network.
The Label parameter gives the unit a label. The label is found in the title of the Web page. It
can contain up to 16 characters. Valid characters are from the English alphabet (lowercase
a through z, uppercase A through Z), numbers 0 through 9, the hyphen (-), the underscore
(_) and the asterisk (*). If an invalid character is used, an error message will appear. The
same label can be used by many units.
The DHCP parameter activates or deactivates dynamic network addressing. When
activated, it allows a server to dynamically attribute an IP address and configuration
information to the Audio Bridge Terminal. Normally the DHCP server provides at least the
Note: If changes to parameters are made before clicking Apply and the
user wishes to reestablish the values displayed when the page was loaded,
this can be done by clicking Cancel Changes.